Private vocational schools may collect tuition, miscellaneous fees and fees for materials used in the course of instruction.

In China, however, in the 1994 educational expenditure, 79% came from state financial expenditures. Social inputs accounted for only 0.72% and tuition and miscellaneous fees, 9.9%.

Household spending can include utilities, telephone charges, tuition fees, living expenses and other miscellaneous.